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president campaigning today in ohio. mitt romney will be in ohio and wisconsin. president obama focused his closing argument on bringing about change and mitt romney countered that argument. >> i know what change looks like because i fought forest. you have too. after all we have been through together, we snot give up now. >> america finally needs real change that was promised. preclude york city mayor bloomberg endorsing president obama, saying hurricane sandy x3 shaped his thinking and that the president will take action on climate change. the commander-in-chief will be in northern virginia visiting brazil, near gainesville, on saturday. temperature is 42 degrees. >> still ahead if you want to take metro this weekend, plan ahead. [ earnest ] out of the blue one day we were told to build a 30-foot stage. gathered the guys and we built that 30-foot stage not knowing what it was for. just days later all three shifts were told to assemble the warehouse. a group of people walked out on that stage and told us that thelant is now closed and all of you a are fired... i
president campaigning today in ohio. mitt romney will be in ohio and wisconsin. president obama focused his closing argument on bringing about change and mitt romney countered that argument. >> i know what change looks like because i fought forest. you have too. after all we have been through together, we snot give up now. >> america finally needs real change that was promised. preclude york city mayor bloomberg endorsing president obama, saying hurricane sandy x3 shaped his...
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states of florida, ohio and virginia. mitt romney returns to the campaign trail today. he continues to gain favor among women while closing the gender gap. the aftermath of hurricane sandy impacting next week's election. disrupting early voting. some towns may have to relocate polling centers or count votes by hand due to power outages. >>> meantime stocks, poised to move higher as wall street gets back to work this morning for the first time since hurricane sandy. good news about the jobs market. a new report shows unemployment rates fell in nearly all large cities last month. >>> and there may, in fact, be something of a silver lining for drivers in hurricane sandy's clouds. gas prices may now be coming down even more, with many roads closed. we're not driving as much here in the east. so, there is less demand. also, two of the refineries in the northeast were knocked offline in the storm. some good news there. not only because of power outages, but damage, as well. on the other hand, the power outages, keeping many gas
states of florida, ohio and virginia. mitt romney returns to the campaign trail today. he continues to gain favor among women while closing the gender gap. the aftermath of hurricane sandy impacting next week's election. disrupting early voting. some towns may have to relocate polling centers or count votes by hand due to power outages. >>> meantime stocks, poised to move higher as wall street gets back to work this morning for the first time since hurricane sandy. good news about the...
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a rally for president obama in springfield, ohio. we'll bring that to you life as soon as it happens. the president really making his case, his final argument for why he believes you should vote for him. we are also waiting for the new york mayor michael bloomberg to address his city's recovery efforts, what is taking place there as well. i want to first go to the job numbers, however. the final unemployment report before the presidential election, well, it's out today. here's what the numbers show. the economy added 171,000 jobs last month. joining me to talk about the numbers, georgia tech economist danny. good to see you. you and i have been doing this every month. >> that's right. >> here is the final number here. when you look at these numbers, what does it say to you in terms of the stress and recovery? is it good news or is it bad news for how the administration has been handling the recession and the recovery? >> all right. well, short answer. if i was grading this in my economics 101 class, i would give it a grade c. unemplo
a rally for president obama in springfield, ohio. we'll bring that to you life as soon as it happens. the president really making his case, his final argument for why he believes you should vote for him. we are also waiting for the new york mayor michael bloomberg to address his city's recovery efforts, what is taking place there as well. i want to first go to the job numbers, however. the final unemployment report before the presidential election, well, it's out today. here's what the numbers...
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and barack obama just carried ohio four years ago, but because john mccain had really done no outreach to the evangelicals and they were loaded up on our colleague mike huckabee, they stayed home. 300,000 evangelicals in ohio didn't vote in 2008. obama won by 260,000 votes. if they come out in large numbers more romney and ryan in ohio next tuesday, as they did for george bush in 2004 and 2000, i think that romney could take that state. stuart: now, are the evangelicals voting positively for mitt romney? because they like mitt romney? or are they voting negatively against president obama? because they don't like president obama? >> well, the good news for romney is that it's a combination of both. romney has done outreach to them. and richard land of the southern baptist convention has endorsed him. did that yesterday. he met with billy graham about three weeks ago, graham is publicly supporting him. and i'm told that his selection of paul ryan was a huge plus, because ryan is a practicing catholic, very religious, the evangelicals, like paul ryan. on the negative side, they were, they
and barack obama just carried ohio four years ago, but because john mccain had really done no outreach to the evangelicals and they were loaded up on our colleague mike huckabee, they stayed home. 300,000 evangelicals in ohio didn't vote in 2008. obama won by 260,000 votes. if they come out in large numbers more romney and ryan in ohio next tuesday, as they did for george bush in 2004 and 2000, i think that romney could take that state. stuart: now, are the evangelicals voting positively for...
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obama is campaigning in ohio, wisconsin, and iowa. while mitt romney is focusing on new hampshire, iowa, and colorado. millions of americans have already cast their ballots and some are taking advantage of early voting today. take a look at the huge lines in plantation, florida. the wait there has been up to three hours in some places. barack obama heads towards election day with the lead among early voters in some key states. but it's not as big as the one he had over john mccain four years ago. of all the swing states, ohio could be the most important. no one had won the presidency without the buckeye state since 1960, and a brand new cnn/orc poll shows the candidates there are in a statistical dead heat. 50% of likely voters favor president obama while 47% support mitt romney. an nbc/wall street journal/maris poll shows a wider gap with obama leading by six points. it's a tight race in florida as well. a poll shows obama leading by just two points, but a mason dixon poll gives romney the edge. 51% of likely voters say they'll vote
obama is campaigning in ohio, wisconsin, and iowa. while mitt romney is focusing on new hampshire, iowa, and colorado. millions of americans have already cast their ballots and some are taking advantage of early voting today. take a look at the huge lines in plantation, florida. the wait there has been up to three hours in some places. barack obama heads towards election day with the lead among early voters in some key states. but it's not as big as the one he had over john mccain four years...
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if you look at those four states, we have ohio to obama and with a toss up in virginia. host: colorado and florida to mitt romney? guest: i would agree with that. this is where we really get into the numbers. obama won ohio by five points last week in one poll, but the sample was not what was in 2008. if you do the average, that deficit becomes a one. advantage for mitt romney, or half of a point advantage. that is where there is a little bit of concern on the average between the poles in the states. i would think it should be more like the olympics. as opposed to these out liars. guest host some say that this shows too high of a democratic sample. -- guest: some say that this shows too high of a democratic sample. that we should not wait on partisan ship unless there is an absolute example of what is correct for people that fit your polling can tell you what the partisanship should be. i think that 5 is a little bit high, i think the polls are telling us something. host: prediction time for you, andrew. what will the president get? what will mitt romney get? guest of th
if you look at those four states, we have ohio to obama and with a toss up in virginia. host: colorado and florida to mitt romney? guest: i would agree with that. this is where we really get into the numbers. obama won ohio by five points last week in one poll, but the sample was not what was in 2008. if you do the average, that deficit becomes a one. advantage for mitt romney, or half of a point advantage. that is where there is a little bit of concern on the average between the poles in the...
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they were all going to vote for barack obama anyway. it is the swing state of ohio, and now the increasingly swung state of pennsylvania now coming into play that have taken really, taken a big hit with this storm. it may help the president on the margins but then again mitt romney was photographed yesterday, helping with hurricane relief. cheryl: monica, your point about the fact, hurricanes mostly hit blue states. what if, there is low turnout in those states what does that mean? >> it could have a depressive effect. that is true. a lot of people talking about power maybe not restored for another week which would take us into election day. i know in new jersey where my mom lives, there is some talk about distributing absent tee ballots to a lot of these communities down on the shore so they do have a chance to vote by mail in case power is not up. ashley: doug, let's move on from the storm, jobs report coming out on friday, if it is a particularly weak one, how much does that hurt the president? >> well, if i'm right and i think i am
they were all going to vote for barack obama anyway. it is the swing state of ohio, and now the increasingly swung state of pennsylvania now coming into play that have taken really, taken a big hit with this storm. it may help the president on the margins but then again mitt romney was photographed yesterday, helping with hurricane relief. cheryl: monica, your point about the fact, hurricanes mostly hit blue states. what if, there is low turnout in those states what does that mean? >> it...
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. >> president obama leads governor romney in ohio. in virginia the president holds a two point lead. however his republican challenger has an edge with independent voters. and in florida governor romney has cut the president's nine-point advantage last month to just one-point. jan crawford is in tampa covering the romney campaign. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, norah. romney has been keeping a pretty low profile over the past couple of days as he's been trying to walk this fine line between maintaining a public presence while the east coast was guesting battered by hurricane sandy. but now we got six days left. he's back on the campaign trail here in florida. he's got a rally later morning. you see his campaign plane in the background. he's hoping to build that momentum, continue build the momentum and as you said our poll shows he's picked up a lot of ground here. romney arrived in florida tuesday night ahead of three campaign events here today. he'll be join by senator marco rubio and former florida governor je
. >> president obama leads governor romney in ohio. in virginia the president holds a two point lead. however his republican challenger has an edge with independent voters. and in florida governor romney has cut the president's nine-point advantage last month to just one-point. jan crawford is in tampa covering the romney campaign. jan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, norah. romney has been keeping a pretty low profile over the past couple of days as he's been trying...
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obama heads to the all important state of ohio later today. and for his part, mitt romney was in virginia at several campaign stops. he criticized the president for not doing enough to help businesses. also romney said the nation needs a president who understands business better. romney's aides are conceding that the storm's slowed some of his momentum, but they insist their internal polls show him ahead in some of those toss-up states. romney visits wisconsin and also ohio today. >>> and from the lighter side of politics, vice president biden went on david letterman's show last night to read his top ten list. >> ah, joe. the subject, the top ten reasons to vote early. here's some of the highlights. >> if you vote early, you don't have to pay taxes. i'm sorry. i'm being told that's not accurate. >> that's not accurate. number two. >> early voters receive a $5 million donation from donald trump. >> wow! and the number one good thing about voting early, ladies and gentlemen -- >> honestly, don't you want this election over with already? >> yes,
obama heads to the all important state of ohio later today. and for his part, mitt romney was in virginia at several campaign stops. he criticized the president for not doing enough to help businesses. also romney said the nation needs a president who understands business better. romney's aides are conceding that the storm's slowed some of his momentum, but they insist their internal polls show him ahead in some of those toss-up states. romney visits wisconsin and also ohio today. >>>...
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in ohio by a lawsuit that was filed by their candidate. and it really has nothing to do with what i did, it's what the state law says. but we're beyond that now. what's happening in ohio is that the elections are running very smoothly. we've had voting starting 35 days out. and really, over 1 million people have cast ballots already, and over 1.7 million have requested ballots. and so things are going well. we expect a third of the voters will have cast their ballots before election day. which reduces the potential that we could have long lines at the polls, which means that all is on track here in ohio. >> i've got one more thing i want to ask you about. an event at an election law symposium at the university of toledo. you were quoted as claiming the court decision was unamerican. >> no, that's not. >> okay. >> this is what i said. i said that a court that prohibits us from providing military voter special services, but would demand in another case, if they do this, that we provide prisoner special services, would be an unamerican act. a
in ohio by a lawsuit that was filed by their candidate. and it really has nothing to do with what i did, it's what the state law says. but we're beyond that now. what's happening in ohio is that the elections are running very smoothly. we've had voting starting 35 days out. and really, over 1 million people have cast ballots already, and over 1.7 million have requested ballots. and so things are going well. we expect a third of the voters will have cast their ballots before election day. which...
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not as much as ohio but almost as much as any other state. you cannot turn your television without seeing a political ad since probably may. we have a tremendous ground operation here. the obama campaign has something like 54 offices here and the republicans have something like 22 offices here. we have a tremendous amount of energy going into the ground operation. there is a tremendous amount of surrogates coming in almost every day like governors and celebrities and other people. there is a tremendous intensity of campaigning here just not the principles. host: you mentioned governor romney and his meeting with billy graham. talk to was more about that. does dr. graham, maybe his family members and sun, are they taking an active role in the romney campaign? are they just giving their blessing to say that for evangelicals and people of faith in north carolina that it is ok to go ahead and support a mormon? guest: it is very close to an endorsement. you might as well call it an endorsement. he did not say to vote for him but it was close to it
not as much as ohio but almost as much as any other state. you cannot turn your television without seeing a political ad since probably may. we have a tremendous ground operation here. the obama campaign has something like 54 offices here and the republicans have something like 22 offices here. we have a tremendous amount of energy going into the ground operation. there is a tremendous amount of surrogates coming in almost every day like governors and celebrities and other people. there is a...
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so i think in pennsylvania and ohio and virginia, the storm will have a dampening effect on the obama turnout, but not on the romney turnout. the other thing is in new york state and new jersey where the electoral votes are not in play, you might have a dramatically lower turnout all around, particularly among democrats. that could cost the president a point or two in the popular vote. it has a huge bearing on how he's perceived. there are a couple of house seats to the republicans. >> gretchen: that's an interesting analysis. before i let you go, can you talk about the fact that the election might be postponed? could that ever happen as a result of this? >> it would require an act of congress, i'm told. i haven't read the section of the constitution. the election date is actually in the constitution, so i'm not quite sure how that could be changed. but i don't see a postponement. if the storm were approaching now and it hit on monday or tuesday, then you would have. but simply for the aftermath, i don't see that. >> steve: they did postpone the election here in new york city on 9-11,
so i think in pennsylvania and ohio and virginia, the storm will have a dampening effect on the obama turnout, but not on the romney turnout. the other thing is in new york state and new jersey where the electoral votes are not in play, you might have a dramatically lower turnout all around, particularly among democrats. that could cost the president a point or two in the popular vote. it has a huge bearing on how he's perceived. there are a couple of house seats to the republicans. >>...